Battleship

Battleship © 1982 Fabris, Robert.

Two-Player BASIC version of the classic board game.

Start the game with the regular version (0) of Battleship. Start play with player #1 placing (hiding) his fleet of ships (don't let the enemy watch!). The joystick controls where each ship is to be placed, the trigger puts it in. All ships must be placed in a straight line, either horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. All ships of the same type must touch each other. Ships not of the same type may, but do not have to, touch each other.

Each player starts with the same compliment of ships as follows:

5 - Aircraft Carriers (A)
4 - Battleships (B)
4 - Destroyers (D)
3 - Cruisers (C)
2 - Subs (S)

After both players have placed their fleets, they may shoot their 3 shot salvos, using the joystick to locate and the trigger to fire each shot. Hits are not shown until after all 3 shots are fired. All hits are displayed by ship type. Note that the Advanced Version (1) shows only a "+" for hits, making it more difficult to analyze the board.